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Crime boss Christy Keane arrested in connection with cocaine seizure in Limerick

Gardaí arrest second man (40s) in connection with seizure worth €560,000

Two men arrested following cocaine haul in Limerick

Cocaine with an estimated street value of €560,000 seized in two searches

Blindboy: ‘I left my first day of school feeling great shame. The pain of that still rises up in me’

The Limerick-based podcaster and author on his school trauma, adult autism diagnosis and unconventional mother

Peter Caviston recognised for lifetime achievement at Good Food Ireland awards

The founder of Caviston’s restaurant and food emporium in Glasthule, Co Dublin among businesses honoured for their role in showcasing excellent Irish produce

I booked a 10-day solitary stay in a ‘God Pod’ at an Irish monastery. Here’s how it went

Glenstal Abbey is on 500-acre grounds in Co Limerick. The monks are famous for their Gregorian chanting – they’ve released several albums – and sing five services every day in the church

Limerick gun attack: Gardaí investigate possible gang feud link in house shooting

No injuries were reported during the incident on Hyde Road in the city

Self-confessed paedophile jailed for 10 months over videos and images of children being raped

Kevin Raggett (22) caught with 455 ‘horrifying’ videos and images on mobile phone and laptops

Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes should be allowed ‘move on’ following convictions, says local priest

Mixed views in Limerick on whether hurler should have been given All-Star award

Man who admitted possessing and distributing child abuse videos as a teenager remanded for sentencing

The now 22-year-old cannot currently be named due to reporting restrictions

Collision between car and bus at Ballylanders referred to Gsoc

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to examine incident on Saturday involving busload of children in which woman was seriously injured

A waste of money in time of need

We need homes in city centres

Barbie Kardashian acquitted of threats to kill or cause harm to women at Limerick Prison

Accused wanted to make threats to two women for ‘revenge’ over rumour she was leaving showers dirty, court told

Paul Noonan of Bell X1: ‘I love living in Ireland but how we lean in to booze culture pisses me off’

Noonan is a songwriter, musician and lead singer of Bell X1 and HousePlants

JP McManus’s International Rugby Experience closes after only a year

Business had intended to gift building in Limerick city to State, but negotiations stalled due to council fear of how to fund it

Some of our Parts by Laura Kennedy: A brilliant philosophical memoir about our multiple identities

The intellectual challenge of Kennedy’s sentences scorches new neural pathways

The Wolfe Tones announce ‘final farewell’ show next year in Limerick

Folk group set to play last ever Irish show after more than 60 years together

Barbie Kardashian case: Prison officer left ‘terrified’ by inmate’s threat to rape her, trial hears

Barbie Kardashian (22) denies three counts of making threats to kill or cause serious harm to Roisín Linnane on dates in April and June 2023

‘Every driver has a story’: Bus, rail workers face drug dealing and threats of violence at work

Siptu calls for establishment of uniformed transport police with powers of arrest and detention to be general election issue

Prison officers tells transgender woman’s trial he heard her threaten fellow inmate

Aiden O’Meara says he has ‘no doubt’ threat by Barbie Kardashian (22) ‘was made with malice and forethought’

Kathleen Lynn Hospital, Dolores O’Riordan Park and Catherine Corless Place: Readers on how we should honour Irish women

We asked Irish Times readers if there were any streets, buildings, places or structures in Ireland that they thought should be named, or renamed, after women

Man who survived Limerick crane incident that claimed lives of two co-workers settles court action

Liability was ‘conceded’ in the matter by the named parties, court hears

Man acquitted of threatening to kill or seriously harm detective in Limerick

Kieran ‘Bunny’ Barry (51) to be sentenced next week after being convicted of drug possession and resisting a garda

Jury to resume deliberations in trial of man accused of threatening to kill Limerick garda

Kieran ‘Bunny’ Barry (51), who was found guilty on two other charges, denies threatening to harm seriously or kill Dean Landers in 2019

Donal Murray, former bishop of Limerick, dies aged 84

Murray resigned in light of Murphy commission report on handling of child sex abuse allegations in Dublin archdiocese from 1975 to 2004

Husband of Tina Satchwell wants murder trial moved from Cork to Dublin or Limerick

Richard Satchwell is due to go on trial for wife’s murder in April next year

Wastewater treatment at 10 cities and large towns fails to meet EU standards, EPA finds

Uisce Éireann ‘must prioritise’ prompt delivery of essential works at locations highlighted by the agency

Brazilian students had to sell personal belongings after landlord failed to return deposit

RTB orders landlord to pay damages to students who were ‘fobbed off’ when they tried to get money back

Wesley Joyce: ‘To come out of it with no voice, I think I came out of it lucky’

Limerick-born jockey suffered an horrendous fall from Red Heel at the Galway Festival in 2022 but his brave comeback came full circle when he led the same horse to victory at Down Royal

Ireland weather: Orange alert extended to Co Waterford with Met Éireann warnings for seven counties on Saturday

National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management and Met Éireann met on Friday ahead of alerts coming into force

Gardaí investigating discovery of suspected explosive device in Limerick

Security cordon formed close to houses at Pike Avenue, Garryowen in Limerick city

Lack of housing in Limerick more concerning than hotel shortage for Ryder Cup - mayor

New directly elected mayor of Limerick to push for the delivery of 1,000 modular homes as part of five-year programme to be finalised this month

Five homes on view this week in Limerick, Cork, Dublin and Waterford

New to the market in Castleconnell, The Lough, Grand Canal Dock, Foxrock and Dungarvan

Daughter and son of prominent publican charged with violent assault in Co Limerick hotel

Alison Chawke is accused of gouging eyes of one individual, while her brother Bill is accused of punching another in an early-morning incident at the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare

Two Irish hotels awarded highest honours in new Michelin key awards

Ballyfin Demesne and Adare Manor receive three keys each, while Adare also scoops Condé Nast Best Resorts in Europe award

Campus chic: ‘Student dressing tends to be outside the norm’

Five college students on how they like to dress and what inspires them

‘We’re facing huge issues at the moment keeping kids in school’: Meet three Irish groups making a difference to young people’s lives

Not everyone gets the same start in life, but some organisations are doing their best to address disadvantages

Choosing to leave home can leave people you love feeling slightly rejected

Laura Kennedy: When I return from Australia to visit home, I sit in the consequences of that choice to leave

‘Really, really easy’: Irish man (62) swims length of river Shannon for Pieta House

Former schoolteacher began training last January to swim the 250km waterway

Ireland is ‘dangerously lopsided’. Galway and Limerick are essential to its future

The likely unification of Ireland will mean a greater economic role for the west but we need to plan for development like the Dutch have done

Limerick village mooted to host asylum seekers lacks services, says Minister

Plan to use former nursing home site for international protection applicants stalls following concerns

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